- Choose Document > Document Options > Ties. The Tie options appear.
- Click the Tie Contour button to display the
Tie Contour dialog box.
- Select the tie style whose settings you want
to adjust from the Style drop-down
list. Select Short, Medium, Long or Tie
End (tie after a system break). To set more than one style, just select
another style from the list before you click OK to apply your changes.
To change the settings for Short Medium and Long, enter values (in measurement
units) into the Short, Medium, or Long Span text boxes. These lengths
will allow you to specify different height and insets for short, medium
and long length ties.
- To change the height of the left and right
sides of the arc of the selected tie style, enter values (in measurement
units) into the Left: Height and Right: Height text boxes, respectively.
A larger number increases the height of the arc; a smaller number
decreases it.
Note. The Height setting
is actually the height of a control point, an imaginary point that Finale
uses to calculate the arc’s curve. Finale draws the actual height of the
arc a little less than the value you specify for Height.
- Choose an Inset Style. Click Inset Percent
to specify Inset as a percentage of the tie’s length. Click Inset Fixed
to specify Inset as an unchanging amount for all tie spans, regardless
of a tie’s length. This has been provided for compatibility.
- Specify the shape of the left and right endpoints
of short, medium, and long ties. Finale uses the Left and Right
Inset settings to shape the left and right tie ends, giving them a more
“rounded” or “hooked” appearance depending on the Inset value. If you
selected Inset percent as the Inset Style, enter a number into the Left
and Right Inset text boxes that is a percentage of the tie length for
each span. Increase the percentage to flatten the tie ends; use a smaller
percentage to make the ends more hooked. If Inset fixed is the selected
Inset Style, enter a number (in measurement units) into the text box that
appears for all spans. A larger number flattens to tie ends; a smaller
number hooks the ends.
- Set how to determine the height of ties that
fall between the specified short and medium, or medium and long spans.
Click Interpolate height between short and long span to have Finale automatically
calculate a proportional height based on the defined Span and Height settings.
Click Use medium height between short and long span to always use the
Medium Height setting for ties whose lengths fall between the specified
spans.
- Set the thickness of the left side of the arc
for all ties. Enter a value (in measurement units) into the Left
text box. The larger the number, the thicker the arc.
- Set the thickness of the right side of the
arc for all ties. Enter a value (in measurement units) into the
Right text box. The larger the number, the thicker the arc.
- To avoid staff lines, select the checkbox Avoid
Staff Lines By. Enter a different number if you want to change
the default of 8 EVPUs. 12 EVPUS is equivalent to centering the tie between
staff lines. The only viable range for this text box is 2-12 EVPUs.
- Click OK to save your changes and return to
the Tie options. Click OK to return to the document. Click Cancel
to return to the Tie options without making any changes.
